High Quality Dog-Food at Home

At the time of writing this article, there has been a HUGE commercial dog and cat food poisoning scare in the USA - from contaminated dog food. Around 60 Million cans and pouches of prepared pet food were recalled.

Some owners lost their dogs and cats, because a type of plastic called melamine had found its way into pet food! This was traced to a Chinese sourced wheat gluten contamination with melamine. Why pet food manufacturers use wheat gluten in pet food is a mystery - it is a VERY POOR source of protein!

We make our own homemade dog food for a number of reasons - one of them being the unknown composition of commercial dog food!

Why DOES canned or packet food look and smell so similar, no matter what brand you buy?

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Keep Your Dog Healthy and Happy with Their Foods

There are 72,114,000 dogs in the United States, according to the 2007 census. With over 72 million dogs in a sales demographic, you can see why there are so many different types and varieties of dog food. The dog food industry definitely has some competition.

With so many different dog food companies vying for your dog food dollar, how do you know which dog food to choose to keep your dog healthy? Do you choose dry, moist, or a combination of both? High protein, low protein, other nutrients, what exactly do you look for?

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How to Read Dog Food Labels

We, dog care givers, are now somewhat protected against misleading dog food labels. That's because of the oversight, rules, regulations and requirements of AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials). But, unless we know what these rules are and how they are applied to the wording on labels they're of no use to us.

Some dog food manufacturers can be quite devious and will often use very clever nuances in the title and also in arrangement of words on the label that can be very different to what the dog food actually contains. Also, there is an important component to this, these rules relate just to solid material in the dog food and do not address the moisture levels.

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The Importance Of High Quality Food For You Dog

Food will affects your health. Your body is your assets. Like human, dog also need healthy body. Dog as your pet and your best friends need good food. Unhealthy dog can not give you happines. That’s why dog need healthy food as like as human. So, why we should feed our dog with healthy food?

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